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Capitol Park Statue "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: "Forward", the statue created by Jean Pond Miner of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Women's Memorial at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. The statue is seen on...
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Slocum Hall at Ohio Wesleyan University

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Description: Interior of the library at Slocum Hall, built in 1898. Located on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University, founded in 1842, the hall features an arcade and ...
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Poland Spring House

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Description: Exterior of Poland Spring House, a six-story hotel on which construction began in 1875. View includes the main drive and entrance to the hotel. One space...
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Hotel Massasoit

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Description: Exterior of Hotel Massasoit, built in 1887. The wooden building features a long porch and balcony. To the left of the hotel, an automobile is parked.
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The Griswold

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Description: Exterior of the Griswold, a hotel which opened in 1906. The entrance features an elaborate pavilion of the Corinthian order. A porch continues the length...
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Girls' Friendly Society Holiday House

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Description: A group of girls and women sit on the porch of the Holiday House of the Girls' Friendly Society while others sit inside an automobile at right to pose for ...
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The Elms

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Description: A group of adults and children sit on the porch of The Elms, a two-story house with an American flag flying from the porch roof. Tree stumps are in the fr...
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Hilltop Inn

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Description: View of the rear porches and balconies at Hilltop Inn, built in 1910. Trees and other plants surround the porches where wicker chairs and potted plants ar...
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Montauk Manor

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Description: Couches and chairs stand on a decorative rug between columns in the Terrace Lounge at Montauk Manor. The English Tudor-style hotel opened in 1927.
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Poggatticut Lodge

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Description: Interior of the lobby at Poggatticut Lodge, built in 1920. The waiting area features decorative, upholstered chairs and a fireplace, and a man stands behi...
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Elm Valley Farm

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Description: Exterior of the main house at Elm Valley Farm. A porch and balcony surround the left portion of the house and several people sit in chairs on a patio with...
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Entrance to the Alamo

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Description: View of the entrance to the Alamo, also known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, built in 1744.
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Residential District

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Description: Exterior view of a large residence with a lavish facade.
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Shadow Brook

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Description: Exterior of Shadow Brook, the residence of Mr. S.P. Shotter, built by architect H. Neill Wilson in 1893. Published by L.H. Regnier.
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Atley Peterson Residence

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Description: Exterior view across lawn of the Atley Peterson home, which is a two-story Victorian with an attic and a turret. Metal work is along the flat section of th...
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Ruins of Rome

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Description: View from street of the Farmers and Merchants Bank after a fire. All that's left standing is its neo-classical marble facade with columns framing a doorway...
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The Loreley

Date: 1888
Description: A view of the east side of the newly built Loreley, the summer home of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. The large, two and one half story, wood frame Queen Ann...
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Black Point

Date: 07 1958
Description: North front of Black Point, showing the stick style detailing in the gable end. There is a small porch on the third floor with steep stairs leading to the ...
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Frank B. Fargo House

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the side and front of the Second Empire style, two and one-half story cream brick house on Mulberry Street. There is an onion domed tower on the ...
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Randall Wilcox House

Date: 1961
Description: A tall, stately Ohio buckeye tree standing just to the left of the porticoed entry of the Greek Revival Wilcox house at 707 N. Broadway Street. Five sturdy...

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